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Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Smith v. Texas

Smith v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 22, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall
471 U.S. 1061; 105 S. Ct. 2173 (United States Reports)

Smith v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certio-rari denied.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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